The quasiclassical Langevin equation and its application to the decay of a metastable state and to quantum fluctuations |
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Authors: | U Eckern W Lehr A Menzel-Dorwarth F Pelzer A Schmid |
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Institution: | (1) Institut für Theorie der Kondensierten Materie, Universität Karlsruhe, 7500 Karlsruhe, Federal Republic of Germany;(2) Present address: Robert Bosch GmbH, 7000 Stuttgart, Federal Republic of Germany |
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Abstract: | We report on investigations on the consequences of the quasiclassical Langevin equation. This Langevin equation is an equation of motion of the classical type where, however, the stochastic Langevin force is correlated according to the quantum form of the dissipation-fluctuation theorem such that ultimately its power spectrum increases linearly with frequency. Most extensively, we have studied the decay of a metastable state driven by a stochastic force. For a particular type of potential well (piecewise parabolic), we have derived explicit expressions for the decay rate for an arbitrary power spectrum of the stochastic force. We have found that the quasiclassical Langevin equation leads to decay rates which are physically meaningful only within a very restricted range. We have also studied the influence of quantum fluctuations on a predominantly deterministic motion and we have found that there the predictions of the quasiclassical Langevin equations are correct. |
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Keywords: | Decay of metastable states colored noise stochastic equations path integral |
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